Four Studies of a Bent Arm (verso)

The study of the backward-leaning male torso on the recto of the present sheet, as well as the studies of a bent arm on the verso can be connected with the statues of Day and Night, respectively, at the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici in the Medici Chapel in San Lorenzo, Florence.

On the verso of the sheet the artist rendered the right arm of the statue of Night in red chalk from four different angles. These studies, too, deviate from the finished sculpture and are not copies but preparatory drawings.